Quotes from Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira

The UFC is a very serious business, it's not the WWE. Guys break their arms and get knocked out in there.

I want to help further the spread of MMA around the world and give my contribution to the emergence and development of young talent.

I started my surgery career early, at 11 years old when I was hit by the truck.

In Miami, you can walk in the street and see people. It's like Brazil.

In my last fight I couldn't explode as much. Sometimes I had a chance to throw the guy, to close the distance, and I missed that distance because of my hips.

I hope I set an example to motivate people, to motivate the new fighters, motivate the guy who doesn't got to the gym who doesn't train martial arts because he has a knee injury or some little things.

If I'm not showing well or I'm not motivated, there is no way I can be fighting anymore.

Fighting Frank Mir is something I'd love to do. I'm motivated to fight him.

I'm hungry, but I have a good team around me. Good coaches and good sparring partners.

I like to be the underdog.

In Japan the fight is very cultural. The fans are very quiet the day of the fight. I was in a stadium fighting with 87,000 people and I could hear my sister talking to me. That's different than America.

Conor McGregor knows how to control distance well, but Anderson does it like nobody else.

It's always great to fight in Brazil, especially northeast Brazil. There are a lot of tough people here. It's a tough part of the country, to fight here is amazing for me.

They have a clinic in Kansas where they work with stem cells. What they do is they remove some cells from fat out of your back and then inject them in your joints. I did it on my elbows, my hips and knees, it stimulates cartilage growth.

I can say that in our gym, 'Toquinho' has never hurt anyone. He is a good person, excellent company and a man with a great character. I believe that he has never thought of doing anything evil to any opponent because this isn't his conduct.

Sometimes I let my opponent hit me. Not because I like it. To get him tired.

If you watch closely a highlight of my fights, you will see armbars and everything. But if you really watch, what you'll see most of all is me getting back up. The power of getting back up. And to try again. It's all about overcoming.

Always I try one submission. If it doesn't work, the second one works.

I never expect to get submitted, but that is the game.

People ask me what's the most important moment for me, and it's not fighting, winning or losing, it's the daily training. I'm addicted to this.

I've always been a fan of Anderson's. Back when he was in Meca, I met his dad, and we talked. He always treated me very well.

Eleven months off, I don't like that. It makes you get out of shape.

I started fighting in 1999, and was at the top 3 of the division until 2008. It's an entire life.

I know the limits of my body.